FNUS74 KBMX 252051 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR TERRAPIN...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 351 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1548 CDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE INITIAL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS LINE COULD BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA THURSDAY NIGHT...ENDING RAIN CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5100-5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....100 DECREASING TO 15 EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 25 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 16 IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............89 82 75 72 70 70 RH..............42 49 66 69 72 72 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 9 S 10 S 13 S 13 S 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5600 3600 600 600 800 600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 23 S 22 S 17 S 18 S 20 SW 17 DISPERSION......100 29 15 16 18 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5400 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....16 INCREASING TO 37 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 60 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 76 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 54 INCREASING TO 66 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 79. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............70 69 78 80 82 83 RH..............77 84 67 61 56 51 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 9 SW 9 SW 12 SW 10 SW 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 60 60 60 60 60 MIX HGT (FT)....600 2400 5000 4200 4200 5400 TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 SW 17 SW 25 SW 21 SW 20 SW 24 DISPERSION......13 37 78 58 55 77 $$ FORECASTER...ROSE REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110525.TERRA.02/BMX